Rooted in the ideals expressed in the motto to praise, to bless, to preach, to contemplate, and to share the fruits of contemplation, the Dominican Sisters of the Holy Trinity form a religious congregation of sisters. This congregation was founded in 1966 under the leadership of the blessed memory of the Most Reverend Mar Joseph Kundukulam and Fr. Joseph Vilangadan. In the same year, Sr. Clara Maliyekkal, Sr. Daniela Vasupurathukaran, Sr. Martina Inchotikkaran, and Sr. Sebastiana Kariyatti were sent to Germany as the first members of the congregation. After the profession of perpetual vows, they returned to Kerala in 1975. With the permission of the Most Reverend Mar Joseph Irimpan, on 17 December 1975, the first house was established in Mannarkkad of the Palakkad Eparchy under the name Holy Spirit Dominican Convent. This is today the Generalate of the congregation. On 28 January 1998, the congregation was officially proclaimed as an autonomous religious congregation of sisters of the Syro-Malabar Church with Major Archiepiscopal status, under the name Dominican Sisters of the Holy Trinity. The blessings of the congregation at Landsberg and the untiring efforts of Sr. Gertrudes and Sr. Ulrika played a significant role in this development.
Today, this ecclesial community comprises 102 sisters living in 18 religious houses. The sisters carry out their ministry in the Eparchies of Palakkad, Thrissur, Irinjalakuda, and Thalassery, and outside Kerala in Mangalore, Andhra, Assam, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, and Germany. The proclamation of the Gospel is the core of the Dominican charism. In fidelity to this charism, the Dominican Sisters render service through education, training for children with special needs, healthcare, parish apostolate, ministries in retreat centres, missionary activities, perpetual adoration, counselling, faith formation, home visits, leadership of various pious associations, and social initiatives aimed at the empowerment of women. Dominican spirituality is monastic, contemplative, and apostolic in character. Love and devotion to Christ and His Word, love for the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Rosary, apostolic zeal, study of Sacred Scripture, ardour for the salvation of souls, personal sanctification, liturgical life, silence, and a spirit of reparation are the principal elements of Dominican spirituality.
